An operator-splitting method for a liquid crystal model

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-252

  Glowinski, R ^a   Lin, P ^b   Pan, X B ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

OPERATOR-SPLITTING METHODS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037447746     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4655(02)00823-8     Document Type: Article

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